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It's no 'Serial' (yet) but you can now subscribe to the podcast of our 11am chats about all things MN on @MPRnews: itun.es/i6Bz3bgby Tom Weber via twitter 2/24/2015 12:00:48 AM
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8 things you need to know about sleep
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Jill Leovy on 'Ghettoside,' world of homicide reporting. Listen here: mprnews.org/story/2015/02/… http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B-j0TeWCMAA0B6G.jpg
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Struggling to get a good night's sleep? Look & listen right here. ow.ly/Jy0dvby Kerri Miller via twitter 2/24/2015 2:20:17 AM -
Behind New Dietary Guidelines, Better Science, via @nytimes nytimes.com/2015/02/24/ups…by On MPR News via twitter 2/24/2015 3:18:16 AM
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Podcast EXTRA: New Met Council chair @AdamDuininck discusses #bicycling & his fav trails in Twin Cities: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/met…by Tom Weber via twitter 2/24/2015 12:07:52 PM
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Today: Tax reform. Novelist Quan Barry. Cutting the sugar out of foods. Listen/comment here: live.mprnews.org/Event/onmprnewsby On MPR News via twitter 2/24/2015 1:45:13 PM
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A new novel with an expansive view of Vietnam, 'She Weeps Each Time You're Born': n.pr/1DJdguY http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B-nQ0j1UsAAyjSY.jpg
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9 a.m. Tax reformProducer Notes
Change is on the tip of many a politician’s tongue, but what reforms are we likely to see?
Guests: William Gale, co-director of the Tax Policy Center (a joint venture of the Brookings Institution and the Urban Institute) and Edward Kleinbard, law professor at the University of Southern California and author of We Are Better Than This: How Government Should Spend Our Money
9:45 a.m. The new diet
New guidelines this week remove cholesterol restrictions - eliminating caps on things like eggs and liver. Dramatic changes in diet restrictions seem to come around every few years - so how do the scientists continue to get it so wrong, for so long? Journalist Nina Teicholz argues that we need better science around our diet.
Guest: Nina Teicholz is a journalist and the author of “The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet.”
10 a.m. Quan Barry on her new book "She Weeps Each Time You're Born"
11 a.m. Real sugar
General Mills plans to cut the amount of sugar in its Yoplait Original yogurt by more than 25 percent. Have we reached a tipping point with healthier food production? Will these changes make any real difference in our health? And will companies actually make money as a result?
Guests: Michael Moss, New York Times investigative reporter, author of "Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us;" Maha Tahiri, General Mills vice president and chief health and wellness officer; Anjali Athavaley, Thomson Reuters food and beverage reporter -
These tickets are gonna sell fast. Kaku, Erik Larsen, Alexie & Jess Walter. have yours yet? ow.ly/JwXngby Kerri Miller via twitter 2/24/2015 2:55:17 PM
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Want to be there when writers & pals Sherman Alexie & Jess Walter hang out at the Fitz? It's gonna be great! ow.ly/JwYAkby Kerri Miller via twitter 2/24/2015 3:05:19 PM
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I would really like to see a very simple tax system for individuals, removal all deductions and credits and just give every adult a $20,000/year deduction so we don't tax the poor and then tax every dollar after that deduction at 20%. I would even suggest one more tax bracket of 25% for incomes above $250,000/year. That would make taxes extremely easy to do, ensure that everyone pays more as their income increases, it would avoid taxing the poor and I think everyone would view that system as much more fair than our current system.
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What tax reform would you like to see? Listen and comment here: live.mprnews.org/Event/onmprnewsby On MPR News via twitter 2/24/2015 3:13:55 PM
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Orin Hatch is optimistic about tax reform. Here's an excerpt from an article from Rueters:"Though there are disagreements on the details, there is bipartisan support
for tax reform in Congress," said Orrin Hatch, Republican chairman of the Senate
Finance Committee, at a conference for tax lawyers, analysts and
economists."Members of both parties have expressed their support for a tax
overhaul. And, I believe there is real momentum to get something done on tax
reform this year, if we remain committed. And, believe me, I’m committed," he
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Here's an excerpt from Edward Kleinbard's book "We Are Better Than This: How Government Should Spend Our Money":
The affluent clients with whom I worked largely share the view that they sincerely loved money, that money was attracted to them because it sensed their love, that they knew how to take care of money and give it a good home, and that other less affluent individuals would horribly mistreat that money. . . . If there is such a thing as the declining marginal utility of income, someone forgot to tell these folks.
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I prepare taxes for the elderly and poor. Even their fairly simple returns are often too complicated for them. Using tax software is a tremendous help. Unfortunately, this is too much for many of the elderly. The tax system is complicated because we want it to do so much. It doesn't only collect taxes. It redistributes income and encourages where and how money is to be spent.
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Here are some of tax reform ideas coming from the White House:
- Lower tax rates.
The tax system should be simplified and work for all Americans with lower individual and corporate tax rates and fewer brackets. - Cut inefficient and unfair tax breaks.
Cut tax breaks that are inefficient, unfair, or both so that the American people and businesses spend less time and less money each year filing taxes and cannot avoid their responsibility by gaming the system. - Cut the deficit.
Cut the deficit by $1.5 trillion over the next decade through tax reform, including the expiration of tax cuts for single taxpayers making over $200,000 and married couples making over $250,000. - Increase job creation and growth in the United States.
Make America stronger at home and more competitive globally by increasing the incentive to work and invest in the United States. - Observe the Buffett Rule.
As multi-billionaire Warren Buffet has pointed out, his average tax rate is lower than his secretary’s. No household making over $1 million annually should pay a smaller share of their total income in taxes than middle-class families. This rule will be achieved as part of overall reform that increases the progressivity of the tax code.
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What I would like to see is the tax system employed to indicate where we want money spent. Many people say that they think taxes ought to be higher. There ought to be a mechanism for taxpayers to be able to pay higher taxes, and perhaps even indicate where they want that money spent.
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Tax reform could fix your broken roads cnb.cx/1vaE9bGby On MPR News via twitter 2/24/2015 3:28:21 PM
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The big difference between the US and other advanced economies is the absence of a large value added tax usually north of 25 percent. All European countries have such a tax. The US tax system is more progressive than that of European nations but yields less revenue because of its unpopularity and complexity. High marginal rates--advocated by many liberals--distort economic behavior and encourage avoidance and the flight of capital. Consumption taxes could restore some balance to the system and permit financing of social insurance programs like Medicare and Social Security that are underfunded now.
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National tax reform is on the tip of many a politician’s tongue. We took a look at what type of reform can reasonably happen and what that would mean for American individuals and businesses.
Guests:
William Gale, co-director of the Tax Policy Center, a joint venture of the Brookings Institution
and the Urban Institute
Edward Kleinbard, law professor at the University of Southern California and author of "We Are Better Than This: How Government Should Spend Our Money" -
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Is Frozen Produce Less Nutritious than Fresh?
LifehackerDear Lifehacker, With winter setting in, I've been tempted to use frozen veggies and fruits in my meals. Are these less nutritious than fresh produce? -
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Video: Creating the Broccoli Craze
NYTimes.com - VideoWhat happens if an advertising agency markets fresh fruits and vegetables the way they do processed foods? -
by Stephanie Curtis, MPR News via YouTube 2/24/2015 5:57:03 PM
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If Genetically Modified Apples Don't Brown, Can You Tell If They're Rotten? n.pr/S48keG Via @nprnews http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B-oMXgvVIAAGhvq.jpg
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Erik Larsen of "Devil in the White City" new book on the sinking of the "Lusitania." See him @ the Fitz with me. ow.ly/JwXPTby Kerri Miller via twitter 2/24/2015 6:05:26 PM
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'The Hare with Amber Eyes' is Kerri's book pick
Edmund de Waal retraces the history of a strange family inheritance in this mix of memoir and detective story.
